Geula Siri
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Geula Siri (Hebrew: גאולה סירי; born 1949) is a former Israeli athlete who has won 7 Paralympic medals.
Biography
[edit]Siri was born in Sanaa, Yemen and immigrated to Israel with her family in Operation Magic Carpet in 1950. She grew up in Bat Yam and joined the Israel ParaSport Center.[8]
Siri participated in the 1968 Summer Paralympics as a competitor in para athletics and a member of the women's wheelchair basketball team. She competed in eight tournaments and won medals in six: gold medal with the basketball team, silver medals in javelin and 4X40 wheelchair race relay, and bronze medals in discus throw, club throw, shot put and novices. Her two other performances were in javelin precision and in wheelchair slalom. Twenty years later, her performance in the 1988 Summer Paralympics gained her top ranks outside the medal table: fourth place in javelin and in pentathlon, fifth place in shot put and sixth place in discus throw.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Athletics - Womens 4X40 M Open". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Athletics - Womens Javelin Special Class". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Athletics - Womens Novices 60 M C". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Athletics - Womens Discus Throw Special Class". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Athletics - Womens Club Throw Special Class". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Athletics - Womens Shot Put Special Class". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Results Archive - Tel Aviv 1968 - Wheelchair Basketball - Womens Tournament". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
- ^ "גאולה סירי". Retrieved 2023-10-20.
- ^ "Geula Siri". Paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 2023-10-20.
External links
[edit]- 1949 births
- Living people
- Track and field athletes with disabilities
- Paralympic athletes for Israel
- Israeli female discus throwers
- Israeli female javelin throwers
- Israeli female shot putters
- Paralympic discus throwers
- Paralympic javelin throwers
- Paralympic club throwers
- Paralympic shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Israeli women's wheelchair basketball players
- Paralympic wheelchair basketball players for Israel
- Paralympic gold medalists for Israel
- Paralympic silver medalists for Israel
- Paralympic bronze medalists for Israel
- Paralympic medalists in wheelchair basketball
- Wheelchair basketball players at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Summer Paralympics
- Sportswomen with disabilities
- Yemeni emigrants to Israel